Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi - CLC

Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi (CLCDU)15 years after the Delhi Durbar and the shift of Capital of British India to Delhi, the Faculty of Law started day classes in 1924 to cater the need for quality legal education. In 1963, the law classes were relocated to the present campus at Chhatra Marg from its original place of Vice Regal Lodge (where Shahid Bhagat Singh was held captive and Lord Mountbatten proposed to Lady Mountbatten). Initially, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) Degree course was started as two-year course and the teaching was conducted in the morning only. To cater to part time students evening classes were started in 1942. In 1966, the two-year LL.B. course was made a three year (six semesters) course with an examination at the end of each semester. Noting the growing reputation and popularity of full time day classes, it was given a distinct identity and was renamed as Campus Law Centre in 1975 and Faculty of Law was to administer LL.M. and Ph.D. programmes. A full time Professor was appointed as Professor-In-Charge to run Campus Law Centre independently. Professor Lotika Sarkar was its first Professor-In-Charge. Professor Usha Tandon, an alumni of CLC, who presently occupies this position is twenty- second Professor-In-Charge of Campus Law Centre. Campus Law Centre, a dynamic leader in the field of legal education has produced many Supreme Court and High Court Judges, distinguished jurists, leading advocates, cabinet ministers and legal luminaries. Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Law and Justice and Communications and Information Technology; Justices Vikramajit Sen and Arjan Sikri Judges, Supreme Court of India; 31 sitting Judges of Delhi High Court; Shri Mohan Parasaran, Solicitor General of India; Ms. Alka Sharma, Registrar University of Delhi are some of the glittering stars of Campus Law Centre.